Members of the Belding City Council approved a motion at Tuesday's meeting to allow the clearing of brush and formation of the course to begin.

Keven Krieger, a member of the disc golf group called "SMASH Park," addressed the council members and said the fairway is planned to be at the east end of the parking lot traveling west.

The course, available for public use, is expected to be nine holes and have necessary signage for hole locations and park maps. He said he is working with Chris Mangus, who also helped create the disc golf course at Bertha Brock Park.

Krieger said the group has raised upwards of $46,000 so there would be no cost to the city, adding its members want to keep as much of the park preserved as possible. He said tee pads will be dirt or possibly left over surface from Belding High School's football field, trash cans will be placed at intervals throughout the course and benches will be made for players to stop and rest if needed. Krieger added his committee will be keeping the course maintained.

In public comments, Jon Bunce said he has the desire to form a committee to decide when, how and where to reconstruct the clock tower from the Gibson Building.

Denny Craycraft said he and other members of the VFW and American Legion are planning to host this year's Memorial Day event and future Memorial Day events at the Belding Freedom Wall. He said by that day, he expects to have every engraved brick laid into the ground and also is expecting to have slate engraved with military insignia filling other bare spaces surrounding the wall.